This story is about a man who hears
a scream and runs into his kitchen to find that his baby has been burned by boiling
hot water somehow spilt on the baby. The mother is screaming in shock when the
father goes to work trying to save their child. After sometime the baby still
seemed to be hysterical and the parents couldn’t see why, until they realized
the diaper was holding a pool of hot water, by then the damage was too
complete. The father seems to have anger brewing towards the mother that is
never shown but it implied that after the incident he confronts the woman about
her carelessness.
I
really enjoyed that the story was so enthralling. The story really utilized
tension and made me want to keep reading. I think the pacing was perfect, you
start reading and for three pages the action and exposition are balanced so you
can be in the story and still know some extra information like how the father
will later voice his angry thoughts after a few hours.
The point
of view is third person. I think the third person view that follows the father
is interesting. It could have been first person and the story would still work
but the third person perspective makes it have a certain disconnected feel that
is extremely unique.
There
is no dialogue In this story and that makes it difficult to have the
characterization understood by the reader. You can gather that parents care
about the child but still somehow let this accident happen. Neither one of were
able to realize the diaper was full hot water. This story does not really need characterization,
the facelessness of the characters works.
The
story has great pacing and is action filled for the entire three pages.
The
imagery is one of the aspects that make this story so great. The description of
scene is was creates such a strong attention grabbing story. Specifically the
descriptions of the baby cause the reader to feel drawn into the story.
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